Updated 11 January 2001
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Deljou Abadi, for Iranian Refugees’ Alliance Inc., USA
Kohki Abe, Kanagawa University, Faculty of Law, Japan
Robab Abdulhadi, Yale University, USA
Hassan Suliman AbdulRahim , Global Healh Foundation, Refugee Programme,
Pakistan
Sr. Dr. Lea Ackermann, SOLWODI e.V., Germany
Sally Ager-Harris, Human Rights Officer, OSCE, Kosovo
Sharryn Aiken, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University , Canada
Maria Albizurez, CCR Gender Core Group, Canada
Marzia Ali, Action Réfugiés, Canada
Saida Ali, Dadaab refugee camps in North Eastern Kenya
Elaheh Amani, Coalition of Women from Asia and the Middle East (CWAME),
USA
Fatima Ameen, CIDA, Canada
Deborah Anker, Refugee Law Center, USA
Flora Arellano, Alliance of Concerned
Teachers and Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Adem Arkadas, Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants
(ASAM), Ankara
Charles Ayamba Ashu, Universiy of Aalborg, Denmark
Navita Atreya, Barrister, UK
Alireza Azizi, Amnesty International, USA
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Christine Baghdadi, Catholic Social Services, Grant MacEwan College
and King's University College, Canada
Reem Bahdi Women's Human Rights Resources, Faculty of Law, University
of Toronto, Canada
Millie Barrett, Refugee Council, UK
Tesfaye Bekele, Sudanese Refugee Programme, Refugee-Returnee Affairs,
Ethiopia
Koni Benson, Canada
Christine Balabyekkubo, Fort Erie Multicultural Women’s Alliance, Canada
Louise Bélanger, Canadian Orientation Abroad (COA), International
Organization for Migration – IOM, Canada
Ritu Banerjee, Ministry of Justice, Diversity and Gender Equality Office,
Canada
Kazimierz Bem, Poland
Nathalia Berkowitz, Senior Legal & Research Officer, IAA,
UK
Maria Bexelius, Swedish Refugee Advice Center, Sweden
Val Blake, UK
Patty Blum, Human rights and refugee clinic, USA
Kerstin Boeffgen, Pro Asyl, Germany
Codou Bop, L'Association des Femmes Africaines pour la Recherche et
le Développement
Irinel Bradisteanu, ARCA in Bucharest, Romania.
Farhat Bokhari, Women's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
Widney Brown, Women’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch , USA
Ariane Brunet, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic
Development, Canada
Jean Buie, Centre for Spanish Speaking People, Toronto, Canada
Cynthia Buiza, NGO Program Coordinator, Chiangmai, Thailand
Lisa Burke, Colombia University, USA
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Margaret Capelazo, member of AI Women’s Action Network, Canada
John Cerone, Human rights lawyer, UN Mission in Kosovo,
Jetty Chakkalakal, CCR Gender Core Group, Refugee Law Office, Canada
Anouchka Chagnon, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic
Development, Canada
Farah Chandani, University of Guelph, Canada
Susana Chiarotti, CLADEM, Peru
Bernadette Passade Cisse, UNHCR, USA
Jane Coker, Women’s Legal Group (RWLG), UK
Loreto Conroy, National Council of Churches in Australia
Heaven Crawley, Home Office Immigration Research and Statistic Service,
UK
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Shelagh Day, Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action, Canada
Krista Daley, Immigranton and Refugee Board, Canada
Cherine Derbala Forced Migration and Refugees, Egypt University
Malathi de Alwis, International Center for Ethnic Studies/Women’s Coalition
for Peace, Sri Lanka
Jean de Dieu Bakundukize, Cape Town Refugee Forum, South Africa
Lee Ann de la Hunt, The National Consortium on Refugee Affairs, South
Africa
Norrie De Valencia, Anglican Refugee Ministry of New Westminster, Canada
Bonnie Diamond, National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL), Canada
Nancy Doray, Canada
Evelyn Drescher, Gender Based Analysis Unit, Citizenship and Immigration
Canada
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Gunilla Ekberg, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Canada
Lilian Ekeanyanwu, lawyer, USA
Muaz Hussein Elamin, Global Healh Foundation, Refugee Programme, Pakistan
Farid Fesack, National Commissioner - Gender Equality, South Africa
Sisto Olur Erista, Chairman, SOS Sudan Association
Sameera Fazili, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights, USA
Elizabeth Ferris, World Council of Churches, Geneva
Christine Flammand, lawyer, the Belgian Aid Comitee for Refugee,
Belgium
Ursula Fraser Amnesty International, Irish Section, Ireland
Asa frostfeldt, Refugee Studies, Centre at Oxford University, USA
Midori Furukawa, GAATW, Thailand
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Kathy M. Galvin , INS Asylum office in San Francisco, US
Varuni Ganepola, University of Wales, UK
Marguerite Garling, UNIFEM/AFWIC, Kenya
Meharoona Ghani, University of Sussex
Abi Gitari, Refugee Consortium, Kenya
Bertrand Ngama Gne-Kamba, l'ACANU, Central African Republic
Pamela Goldberg, CUNY School of Law, USA
Deborah Greitzer, VIVE, Buffalo, USA
Anna Grusova, Czech Helsinki Committee, Czech Republic
Carmela Guerrero, Attorney, Davis Polk & Wardwell, USA
Julia Guha, Canada
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Muhammad HabibShah, Friends Education, Environment & Health
Development Organization, (FEEHDO), Pakistan.
Naima Haile, Somali Women’s Network of Hamilton Canada
Rodger Hains, Auckland University, Faculty of Law, and Barrister, New
Zealand
Susanne Hamm, Human Rights Internet, Canada
L.M. Handrahan (pgr), NPSIA Ottawa, Canada
Asha Hans, School of Women’s Studies, Utkal University , India
Elisabeth T. Harder, Mennonite Central Committee USA
Barbara Harell-Bond, American University in Cairo , Egypt
Klara Hartl , Status of Women Canada (Central Ontario)
Monika Hauser, Medica mondiale e.V., Germany
Greta Hofmann Nemiroff, Sisterhood Is Global Institute, Canada
Louise Holck, Danish Refugee Council, Denmark
Nancy Hormachea, attorney, USA
Catherine Hunter
Pauline Hwang, McGill U, Canada
Jennifer Hyndman, Simon Fraser University, Canada
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Doreen Indra, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Deborah Isaacs, Refuge Juan Moreno, Canada
Tami Amanda Jacoby, University of Manitoba, Canada
Betty Joe, OCASI, Toronto
Anna Johansson, UNHCR RO, Moscow
Aruni John, Panos South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Cecilia Kaijser, UNHCR, Croatia
Azam Kamguian , Middle Eastern centre for Women’s Studies(MECWS), UK
Mukhtar Aziz Kansi, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Nancy Kelly, Refugee Law Center, USA
Gregory Kelson, Institute for Women and Children's Policy, USA
Catherine Kenny, Irish Council for Civil Liberties Women’s Committee,
Ireland
Paghona Kerdo, lawyer, Australia
Rana Khan
Andrei Khanzhin, Central European University, Budapest
Juanita Kirschke, Detention Resource Project, US
Simon Kimani, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Anny Knapp, Austria
John Koffi, Denmark
Niina Koski, Orgainsation for Aid to Refugees, Czech Republic
Karen Kray, USA
Nona Kubanychbek, Young Professional, Kyrgyzstan
Alice Kumu, Cape Town Refugee Women’s Committee, South Africa
Stephanie Kuttner, Oxford University, UK
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Nicole LaViolette, University of Ottawa, Canada
Nancy Lazar, USA
Alla Lepeha, Chernihiv Public Committee of Human's Rights Protection
Irena Lieberman, Esq., Tahirih Justice Center, USA
Theresa Limpin, co-ordinator, Asian Regional Resource Centre (ARRC),
Thailand
Augusta Lokhorst" UBC, and volunteer with VAST, Canada
Raquel Lopez, Queen's university, Canada
Katja Luopajarvi, Abo Akademi University, Finland
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Audrey Macklin, Dalhousie University, Canada
Leanne Macmillan, Amnesty International, UK
Shiva Mahbobi, Action Committee on Women's Rights in Iran-Canada (ACWRI)
Azar Majedi, Editor of “Medusa” a women’s journal, UK
Mpho Makhema, Botsawana Council for Refugees
Anne Makome, Jesuit Refugee Service, Bangkok Thailand
Patricia S. Maloof, Office of Refugee Programs, United States Catholic
Conference
Libby Marsh, University of Michigan, USA
Sudabeh Mashkuri, Staff Lawyer, Canada
Elizabeth Janz Mayer-Rieckh, Jesuit Refugee Service International,
Geneva, Switzerland
Lucia Ann [Shan] McSpadden, Life and Peace Institute, USA
Syed Sikander Mehdi, Karachi University, Pakistan
Joyce Mends-Cole, UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland
Ms. Shaila Menon, Johns Hopkins University
& Refugee Mental health and Training Services, USA
Diana Mercorios, British Refugee Council, UK
Shahrzad Mojab, OISE, Canada
Lisa Morrell, CSW, Safe Horizon, Families of Homicide Victims Program,
USA
Inno Mpila, The Congolese Community , U.K.
Ezat Mossallanejad, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Canada
Nastaran Mosavi, Ockenden International, Iran Morteza Mostafavi, USA
Helene Moussa, Independent Consultant, Canada
Idah Muema, UNHCR, Dadaab Refugee Camps, North Eastern Kenya
Jelvas Musau, UNHCR Protection Section, refugee camp in Kenya
Karen Musalo, University of California, USA
Ruth Muthoni, University of Sussex
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Dobromira Naidenova, Lawyer, Bulgaria
Maryam Namazi, International Federation of Iranian Refugees, UK
Shahin Nawai, Germany
Tahirih Naylor, York University, Canada
Charu Newhouse al-Sahli, Detention Resource Project. Philadelphia,
USA
Adeena Niazi, CCR Gender Core Group, Afghan Women’s Organization, Canada
Barbara Nichols, Canada
Melron Nicol-Wilson, Sierra Leon, and Pretoria U, South Africa
Gregor Noll, University of Lund, Sweden
Eva Norstrom, Swedish Refugee Council, Sweden
Eava Nykanen, University of Turku , Finland
Bo Viktor Nylund, UNICEF, USA
Gordana Obradovic-Dragisic, Center for Education and Counselling of
Women, Croatia
Mary O'Kane, Migrant Assistant Program (MAP), Chaing Mai, Thailand
Peter O’Mahony, Irish Refugee Council, Ireland
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Aline Papazian, Life and Service Unit, Middle East Council of Churches,
Lebanon
Carol Parker, Refugee Status Appeals Authority, USA
Angela Perry, Training & Community Programs
Melbourne, Australia
Miranda Pinto, Catholic Cross-cultural Services, Canada
Li Kheng Poh, S.E.A Food Security & Fair Grade Council, Malaysia
Shreejana Pokhrel , Human Rights: Inhuman Wrongs, Nepal
Nadja Pollaert, Comité d’aide aux réfugiés, Canada
Maggi Poppe, National Council of Women of Belgium (Dutchspeaking)
Laurence Katharina Pouliot, Action for Refugee Women (AFRW), UK
Niloufar Pourzand, UNICEF, Pakistan
Alejandra Priego, Spanish-speaking Health Promoter Women's Health Centre,
Canada
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Darini Rajasingham, Social Scientist's Association.Sri-Lanka
Jaya Ramji
Ana Maria Rebaza Delgado, Oxfam GB, Lima, Peru
Madeleine Ress, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bosnia-
Herzegovina
Loly Rico, CCR Gender Core Group, FCJ Hamilton House Refugee
Project, Canada
Francisco Rico-Martinez, CCR president, Canada
Florinda Rojas Rodriguez, UNHCR, Greece
Rooya, Women’s Anti-Violence Organization, Ottawa, Canada
Lory D. Rosenberg, Board of Immigration Appeals, Department of Justice,
USA
Marta Rothwarf , Asylum Officer, INS, USA
Marie-Claire Rufagari, TCRI, Canada
Liz Runge, INS Resource Information Center, USA
Joanna Ruppel, Immigration and Naturalization Services, USA
Simon Russell, ECRE, UK
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Jim Schechter, USA
Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, Toronto Canada
Khanum Shaikh, Coalition of Women from Asia and the Middle East (CWAME),
USA
Monika Schneid, Raphaels-Werk, Germany
Andrée Sevigny, Canada
Caro Sicking Stichting Vast, a Dutch private foundation, Netherlands
Joan Simalchik, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada
Sari Sirva, Finnish Refugee Advice Center, Finland
Carl Soderberg, Secretary General, Swedish Section of Amnesty International,
Sweden
S. Sooriyakumari, Organization for Eelam Refugee Rehabilitation (OfERR),
India
Baljit Soroya, Ruskin College, Oxford, UK
Marian Shermarke, SARIMM, Canada
Reenu singh, National Law School of India, Bangalore
Rune Berglund Steen, Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers, Norway
Anders Sundquist, Swedish Refugee and Asylum Centre, Sweden
Swedish Red Cross
Soleil Surette, Canada
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Marlyn Tadros, SIGI country coordinator, Egypt
Sr Stella Takaza ,IMBISA, Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern
Africa
Vicky Tennant, Law Centre (NI), Belfast, Northern Ireland
Elsa Tesfay Musa, CCR Gender Core Group, Anglican Church of Canada
(PWRDF), Canada
Lydia Tiede, Attorney, USA
Marilyn Tobin, University of Calgary, Canada
Meg Torwl, Vancouver Rainbow Refugee Committee, Canada
Komi Tsakadi, Lawyer, Togo (west Africa)
John Tsitsi, Children’s Program, Cape Town, South Africa
Ramesh M. Tuladhar, Centre for Community Development & Env. Research,
(CDER), Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nahla Valji, Center for Human Rights, Pretoria, South Africa
Sally Verity Smith,Caring for Victims of Torture, UK
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Rebecca Wallace, professor., UK
Mimi Walson-Jack, Centre for Responsive Politics, Nigeria
Madina Wasuge, Community Coalition, Canada
Judy White, University of Regina, Canada
Anna Wigenmark and Anita Klum, Swedish Foundation for Human Rights,
Sweden
Michael Williams, Swedish Network of Asylum and Refugee Groups (FARR),
Sweden
Richard Williams, British Refugee Council, UK
Ada Williams, Refugees International, Washington, DC. USA
David Woodbury, W. Montreal Counselling Center, Canada
Sakeena Yachoobi, Sisterhood Is Global Institute Country Coordinator,
Pakistan
Wendy Young, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, USA
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Beate Ziegler , Medica mondiale e.V., Germany